The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-08-30
?ssF. 9AyA's VISIT 70 The CRATER
KILAUEA IN GREAT ACTIVITY.

Professor Dana of Yale College. has just
returned from 4 visit TO the Volcano Of hi
lauea. he vas accompanied on this trip by
Mrs. Dana, Miss Dana. Professor Merritt of
Oahu College, Mrs. Merritt, Rev. 5. E.
Bishop, DR.. Whitney, Mrs. Whitney and
children, Miss PaySon, and Mr.. ]. s. Emer-
son of the Government Survey.
This is the second visit to hilauea by this
eminent scientist. He was geologist of the
United States Exploring expedition under
Commodore Wilkes in 1910. His visit at the
present time was for the purpose of making
a special study of the volcano with a view TO
publishing history of it.
After the famed collapse of HAlemaumau
on the 9TH March, 1886, surveys we're made
by the government survey officers, first in
April when the crater was entirely empty
there being no fire and no smoke, and next
in October, when the fire had returned and
the crater had began 10 manifest considerg-
BILE activity. These surveys have been care
fully mapped and professor Dana now takes
with him the new maps Snd diagrams.
Mr.. Emerson, one of the party named
above was interviewed by q representative of
the GAZETTE, and the following interesting
facts elected.
Very great changes have taken place in the
volcano since 1910. At that time il was
meter. In general. the BOTTOM of the crater
has RISEN several hundred feet, as 1t were,
filing up.
The present activity though considerable
Is slight compared with what L was forty
seven years ago. i. the present time the
volcano Is, however, quite active. Two lakes
OF nre sr5 easily visible. ana there are eyl-
dencss that two others exist. The greatest
activity Is found n a little lake situated IN
the western side of Haleuaumau. This fiery
lake Is estimated TO be about l75 BY $50 feet
II diameter The depth Of the lake below
where the psTty stood looking down into 1t
seemed TO be about l50 feet. This Is the
main lake 30 which visitors resort. There
are other smaller lakes which are of less
interest The party visited II II the daytime
sDd saE the molten matter IN the cauldron
always n motion. /; WAS seemingly pour
ing IN from some unknown source. This
lake Is close BY the base of a great shattered
cone, the center of which Is seemingly the
source Of all the fiery lakes great and small
situated aboa; IL The eXplorationists were
not able 10 look down into this cone. The
cone was 50 covered with sulphurous yapors
that II would be very risky TO go on it, al
though s sick stuck By native showed that
il vas not absolutely inaccessible. The ma
tive stated that Nh SEVERN had been on the
cone taking photographs The current seem
81 20 have ) SOEthSSStsEly set from the cen
t-sl cone Il would dash against the cavern
01S sides Of the lake into which the party
we've looking. the spray, consisting OF mol
zen lava. daShilE 10 az times some fifteen
feel high, bit much less than seen By Mr..
E1-=rS51. soma twenty years ago, and very
much less than seen by Professor Dana II
years ago Itsre vs.5 1y5 OF SIX Of these
ISIS y different parts OF TIE lake, and Il vas
Z0tlc=1 tLz- zll t1= activity Tas near the
margin
On Th1zsiay. tie 18Th, . member OF the
party visited th5 lake y night. The sight
SIS very much more impressive than b. day.
L as very brilliant Ile U0St remarkable
thing u15lc=l II addition - whst had been
ss=1 By day Ezs thai 81 various points
z-C116 lie edge OF the lske. al ss- flames
shooting I'D Win c5llrs suggestive OF the
u-5S=Eo= q sulphur The existence Of these
asEss cs-s b=sa Questioned By parsons int
rsSt=3 l. tE= volcano; and many have posi-
lively C=ll=1 t1eIE eLlSsslcs- Ihis time
iEz-z EzS 10 U-Sl2zl1g II thslr presence.
I15 question SENS 10 have arls5l OuE OF iEs
fzct tEst they are 0OI invariably 10 Dc san.
So1s u this identical party had gone dOEn
E fsE sTsll1Es p-sTs0Cs. blI failed 70 see the
5zE=. and oolclE1=d that none we're % Be
san. TIE Others Eh0 751t down OF the
6zrs above 1zns6 rsturu6d without any
6ozbi Of I1sir being sci1sl flames. The
5sU=s arg produced by iguitad gases
Pr0tSss7r Dana made careful study OF
ihs rocks II and zbo1t tie crater
Al Interesting TIP EsS made, entering the
crater by tbs us1sl rO1ts, crossing over the
50E pzsI HslsCz1Ds1 and returning by the
upper bank q ths westerly side. Another
izlD vas Ds1s t1r01Ea TIE crater soma dis
tsose into New Lake, coming cut OF 70 the
higher lzC1S q Ets s51IEszsf and passing
k5s1skzksl. o1s OF i1s p1liczs Of the great
crater and also 81 kiis1sSikI and vera ints-
Tssls1 Z Ih= examination u tns floss OF
lS5z and ISS.. 4 FIJI -5ek, aug, 1913, E9s
srslt L these explorations II and sb01t the
c-ztE--
Professor Dana : FisEs Vii appear II ths
4D=-Gs1 JOzr1zl q Sci=lcs Of which be Is
s1iioE, and VII b lO0ka5 for Nth TeIy great
.1ts-ass 501h q b0ne am abroad